Post by suewerry on Oct 22, 2011 5:00:06 GMT 1
Amy Geigner and her mother, Ollie King, started a jewelry business that incorporates material collected from over 50 years' worth of walks on the beach. Jade Jewelry
Little did Geigner and King know that over 20 years later, the resulting trove of sea glass and stones would turn into a cottage industry in the form of ¡°Treasures by the Sea¡± jewelry, which they started about six months ago and currently run out of their homes. Jade Rings
¡°When we were thinking of a name for the business, we thought it was very fitting,¡± Geigner, a Granby Memorial High graduate and former field hockey player, said. Jade Bangle ¡°We have something like 50 or 60 years worth of glass [in King¡¯s garage]. It¡¯s a quick hobby, people love it, so we started a business.¡±
Geigner ¡ª who makes pendants and bracelets out of the glass using silver wire, copper, leather, beads and stones ¡ª is the ¡°creative genius¡± behind the operation, according to King. Jade Necklaces
¡°I¡¯m not a jewelry nut, but I like cool stuff,¡± Geigner, who teaches farm education at Auer Farm in Bloomfield, said of what inspires her in a recent interview. ¡°I don¡¯t want to wear something the chick next to me is wearing, too.¡±
Little did Geigner and King know that over 20 years later, the resulting trove of sea glass and stones would turn into a cottage industry in the form of ¡°Treasures by the Sea¡± jewelry, which they started about six months ago and currently run out of their homes. Jade Rings
¡°When we were thinking of a name for the business, we thought it was very fitting,¡± Geigner, a Granby Memorial High graduate and former field hockey player, said. Jade Bangle ¡°We have something like 50 or 60 years worth of glass [in King¡¯s garage]. It¡¯s a quick hobby, people love it, so we started a business.¡±
Geigner ¡ª who makes pendants and bracelets out of the glass using silver wire, copper, leather, beads and stones ¡ª is the ¡°creative genius¡± behind the operation, according to King. Jade Necklaces
¡°I¡¯m not a jewelry nut, but I like cool stuff,¡± Geigner, who teaches farm education at Auer Farm in Bloomfield, said of what inspires her in a recent interview. ¡°I don¡¯t want to wear something the chick next to me is wearing, too.¡±